Blizzard hits New York City

Martina George and her grandkids get mired in slush yesterday in Chelsea.

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Bystanders and emergency workers attempt to free an ambulance stuck on a side street in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn December 29 in New York City. Many side streets, especially those in the outer boroughs, are still unplowed in the wake of a massive snowstorm that crippled much of New York and left millions of holiday travelers stuck at airports and train stations around the eastern seaboard.

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It was bad snooze for people buried under the blizzard in Whitestone, Queens, one of several outer-borough neighborhoods where sources said Sanitation bosses ordered slowdowns.

Instead of plowing the streets, this driver was caught snoozing Monday morning from 9:30 to at least 11 on 14th Avenue near 149th Street.

A Sanitation Department spokesman would not comment until he saw the pictures, and he did not answer questions about the agency’s sleeping-in-the-truck policy.

Visitors to Times Square navigate through piles of snow, Wednesday, Dec. 29.

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Melba Court, between Madoc & Noel Avenues. Gerritsen Beach in south Brooklyn is one of the hardest areas in New York City, with about 24.5 inches of snow.

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On East 7th Street between Greenwood Avenue and Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, NY. This street in Brooklyn has yet to be plowed. It could be one of the worst blocks in Brooklyn.

A Caribbean Airlines flight sits near machinery moving snow at Terminal 4 of John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. Flights have slowly started to resume in New York after a massive snowstorm crippled much of the Northeastern United States and left millions of holiday travelers stuck at airports and train stations.
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Mariana Kohn, from Roscoe, NY, shovels snow away from her car on West 73rd Street in New York City. Koh was visiting New York for the holidays, she originally hoped to leave on December 26, but was delayed until today due to the snow.
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A bulldozer with the Independent Environmental Services Incorporate (IESI) helps clears snow from West 50th Street in New York City. Two days after a blizzard pounded the city many of the city’s streets remain unclear.
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A man with his son carries a suitcase through the snow still covering the approaches to Terminal 4 of John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. Flights have slowly started to resume in New York after a massive snowstorm crippled much of the Northeastern United States and left millions of holiday travelers stuck at airports and train stations.
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A doorman shovels a path to the street on the east side of Manhattan in New York, one day after a blizzard dropped 20 inches (51cm) of snow in the area. The US northeast began to shake off the icy grip of one of the biggest blizzards in years, but beleaguered travelers faced at least another day of headaches in New York airports.
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A man helps direct traffic in front of a car stuck in snow in the Brooklyn borough of New York. While most of the main thoroughfares are cleared, many of the smaller streets remain clogged with snow.
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People shovel snow to free their cars as a NYC Sanitation Dept. plow makes it’s way down their street in the Howard Beach neighborhood of the Queens.
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A man shovels snow from a sidewalk on Third Avenue on the east side of Manhattan in New York on December 28, one day after a blizzard dropped 20 inches (51cm) of snow in the area. The US northeast began to shake off the icy grip of one of the biggest blizzards in years, but beleaguered travelers faced at least another day of headaches in New York airports.
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A unidentified man falls on the snow on 30th Ave and 77th Street in the East Elmhurst section of Queens. A blizzard pounded the New York area delivering 20 inches of snow to New York City while snarling post-Christmas travel.
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People help a taxi driver release his car from the ice road as a City Bus is stranded behind on 30th Ave and 77th Street in the East Elmhurst section of Queens. A blizzard pounded the New York area delivering 20 inches of snow to New York City while snarling post-Christmas travel.
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People continue to dig out along 72nd Street in New York Monday, in the wake of a powerful East Coast blizzard that menaced would-be travelers by air, rail and highway, leaving thousands without a way to get home after the holidays and shutting down major airports and rail lines for a second day.
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New Yorker struggle to walk through a snowbank on the upper west side in New York after a blizzard dropped 18 to 20 inches of snow in the area.
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A New York City Department of Parks and Recreation truck plows the sidewalk outside a school on the east side of Manhattan in New York after a blizzard dropped 18 to 20 inches of snow in the area.
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People try to negotiate through a pile of snow on Third Avenue to get on a city bus on the east side of Manhattan in New York after a blizzard dropped 18 to 20 inches of snow in the area.
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A New Yorker walks her dog in Central Park in New York after a blizzard dropped 18 to 20 inches of snow in the area. The tail end of a powerful blizzard across the US north-east snarled plans for millions of holiday travelers Monday, forcing New York airport closures and crippling road and rail traffic. The New York area was especially hard hit. John F. Kennedy International Airport and La Guardia Airport, as well as Newark International in New Jersey, were closed Sunday and overnight and were not due to reopen until 4:00 pm.
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A man walks down Lexington Aveue on the east side of Manhattan in New York.

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A traveler sleeps in the Hoboken Rail Terminal as her dog looks out of her case. Many travelers spent the night sleeping in the terminal as New Jersey Transit shut down all forms of transportation due to a blizzard in the New York area.

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A man skis past a bronze statue of a charging bull on Wall St. in New York.

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Police work to shovel out the parking lot of their precinct in the Brooklyn section of New York.

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People push a vehicle stuck in snow outside a service station during a winter storm in Hartford, Conn.

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A group of friends from Toronto, including Chen Yu, left, waits in New York’s Port Authority Bus Terminal for a bus to Toronto delayed since last night due to a severe winter storm. The group, on their way home from a cruise, spent the night in the bus terminal.

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A taxi is buried in a snow drift following a severe winter storm in New York.

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A pedestrian crosses a deserted Columbus Ave. in New York, in the wake of a blizzard that hammered New York and much of the Northeast.

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John Elliot of New York tries to dig out his rental car on a Manhattan street Monday, thanks in part to a good samaritan who let him use a shovel.

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A man clears snow off his car in New York. A blizzard dumping more then a foot of snow hit the northeast closing airports, disrupted rail and highway travel.

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A truck stuck in a snow bank is shoveled out as blizzard-like conditions due to high winds continue in Hoboken, New Jersey. A blizzard pummeled the northeastern United States on Monday, dumping up to 29 inches of snow, disrupting air, rail and bus travel and forcing motorists to deal with blowing snow and icy roads at the end of the busy Christmas weekend.

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Buried cars shine as the sun rises in New York city Monday.

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Dentist Will DeBonis of New York cross country skis along a nearly deserted Central Park West as he tries to get to his practice Monday morning.

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Elizabeth Bilotti of New York, who works in health care and must get to her office, digs out early Monday, on West 72nd Street in New York.

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A pedestrian walks along 72nd Street in New York, in the midst of a blizzard that hammered New York and much of the Northeast.

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A New Yorker walks over a snow covered street on the Upper East Side of New York.

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Stranded motorists try to get their cars moving again on a closed portion of an expressway on Long Island in N.Y.

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Men dig a car stuck in the snow in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York.

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Jose Carlos Xochitiltecatl, center, shovels snow to make way for Khaaliq Spann’s vehicle which was stuck in high snow in Downtown Newark, Monday morning.

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People look over a downed light pole on Broad Street in Downtown Newark, N.J. as gusty winds and heavy snow continued to cover the city.

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A person walks in the middle of the street in downtown Newark, N.J. early in the morning as snow continued to hit North New Jersey.

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A woman crosses Park Avenue on the east side of Manhattan as snow falls.

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A woman carries an umbrella as she walks down the sidewalk in the Bronx during heavy snow on Sunday.

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A child makes a snow angel in Sunset Park on Sunday.

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A band of frigid weather was snaking up the East Coast on Sunday, promising blizzards and a foot of snow for New York City and New England, while several states made emergency declarations as the storm caused crashes and deaths on slick roads.

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A woman jogs during a snowstorm in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Cobble Hilll.

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People walk on Lexington Avenue on the east side of Manhattan.

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A man crosses Lexington Avenue.

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A man crosses a street near the Manhattan Bridge on the Brooklyn waterfront.

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A couple cross the street in the Bronx during heavy snow on Sunday.

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People pause after emerging from a subway station before heading off into the snow Sunday evening in Park Slope.